Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JAN 1960 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Salvador |
| Registration: | PP-SLJ |
| C/n / msn: | 26535 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dianopolis Airport, TO (DNO) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Nosed over; damaged beyond repair.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate runway surface."
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
